[wp-forums] Egregious spammer in the forums

[Jan Dembowski]

He switched domains. I really don't like that spammer...

Jan Dembowski

> James Huff <mailto:james at automattic.com>
> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 7:05 PM
> Just reporting that I haven’t seen any for half an hour. Thanks again 
> @otto !
>
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> James Huff
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> On October 7, 2014 at 3:31:14 PM, Otto (otto at ottodestruct.com) wrote:
>
> I put in a temporary solution, but in the long term, we need a better
> approach. Something like blocklists ain't really going to fix the problem.
>
> -Otto
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> Otto <mailto:otto at ottodestruct.com>
> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:30 PM
> I put in a temporary solution, but in the long term, we need a better
> approach. Something like blocklists ain't really going to fix the problem.
>
> -Otto
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> James Huff <mailto:james at automattic.com>
> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:21 PM
> That’s unfortunate, but understandable. :(
>
> Any way to shut this guy down, @otto ?
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> On October 7, 2014 at 3:20:06 PM, Otto (otto at ottodestruct.com) wrote:
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> We have any code to block disposable email addresses. That would be a
> pretty big list, I feel.
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>
> -Otto
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> Otto <mailto:otto at ottodestruct.com>
> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:19 PM
> We have any code to block disposable email addresses. That would be a
> pretty big list, I feel.
>
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> James Huff <mailto:james at automattic.com>
> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:13 PM
> It was probably a bot to begin with. We’re blocking spammers now 
> anyway, bozo should just be for watching people. It’s usually *less* 
> work that way. But, like I said, this is why I want a blacklist. :)
>
> @otto If you’re reading this, what do you think of blocking signups 
> from @guerrillamailblock.com ? I assume we’re blocking other shady 
> temporary email providers (especially when they’re scriptable), and 
> this appears to be the service they have tied their script into.
>
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> On October 7, 2014 at 2:55:01 PM, andrew nevins 
> (andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> I'm afraid I'm to blame here. I blocked the original account & the second
> subsequent account that was created. Those accounts contained the 
> majority
> of posts. It looks like there was a genuine user behind this to begin 
> with
> and now that angry user is trying to get back at the system. Or me.
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:
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